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Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.
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Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek
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Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Sämtliche Musikautographen in der BSB
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It is hardly necessary to point out Richard Strauss' lifelong close ties to Munich and Bavaria. Born in Munich in 1864 as the son of Franz Strauss, the first horn player in the court orchestra, Strauss began studying philosophy and art history at the University of Munich in 1882, which he soon abandoned, as works by the young composer were already being performed in Munich in 1883, among others by court kapellmeister Hermann Levi. Strauss was twice engaged as Kapellmeister at the Munich Opera, from 1886 to 1889 and from 1894 to 1898, and wrote many of his tone poems in Munich, including 'Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks', 'Also sprach Zarathustra' and 'Don Quixote'. When he was denied the succession of Hermann Levi, he went to Berlin in 1898 as First Kapellmeister of the Court Opera, in 1919 he took over the Vienna Court Opera (until 1924). Despite his commitments in Berlin and Vienna, Richard Strauss always spent a considerable part of his time in Garmisch, where he had built himself a house in 1908. Already in 1910 there were the first Strauss Weeks in Munich. His operas 'Friedenstag' (1938) and 'Capriccio' (1942) were premiered in Munich. The BSB has always cultivated the work of Richard Strauss as a special collection focus. It has been collecting his autograph musical manuscripts since 1935. In the sixties and seventies spectacular acquisitions were made, such as the autograph score of 'Guntram' (1963), a large-format part of the second act of 'Arabella', the complete autograph of the song cycle 'Krämerspiegel', sketchbooks for 'Der Rosenkavalier', 'Elektra', 'Arabella', 'Daphne', 'Die Liebe der Danae' and for the 'Metamorphosen'. After 1980 further central sources were added to the BSB, including the autograph of 'Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks', the complete part of 'Metamorphoses', sketches for 'Elektra', further sketchbooks for 'The Love of Danae', 'Arabella' and 'The Silent Woman' and the autograph of the Piano Sonata op. Today, the BSB has the world's largest Strauss collection in public ownership: about 65 music autographs and about 2000 letters and documents written by the composer himself. (from the website)
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